News from the magosphere 02/07/08

(Plenty to catch up on – a few weeks ago, I married my lovely partner and moved to the USA, hence the pause. Onwards!)

Time Out Beijing closed by the Chinese government
Officials get pre-Olympic jitters. Read a recent copy here

Esquire puts celebs in a large box to celebrate anniversary
Pretentiousness contest ensues; magazine still hasn’t decided what to do with the result

New French magazine mixes videogames with fashion
Looking forward to seeing a copy (via Jean Snow). Not to be mistaken with magazines making online games for readers

Former Sleazenation ed to make ethical magazine for Christian Aid
The first phase is already online

Conde Nast finally admits to Wired UK
Technology may know no borders, but its reporting isn’t. For an amusing read, see what happened the first time around (pre-Nast)

Print-on-demand isn’t aimed at designers
Boico responds to my previous post. Printcasting seems to prove his point

New magazine features guest commenter throughout
Described by one site as “like a marked up PDF”. I’ve seen magazines be meta-commented before, but not quite like this; fun

How Domus was redesigned
Detailed look behind the curtain (via MagCulture)

Dutch DIY store creates female-aimed customer mag
Companion piece for Woodworking for Women, perhaps

Unconventional wedding magazine tries the UGC route
Be still my sceptic heart

Free counter-culture mag asks readers for $20,000
And gets it. I rather like Arthur, glad to see it keep the wolves away for another month